For years we've seen the Chicago Bulls' mistakes turn into fortune for other teams. We've seen promising players turn into all-stars and headcases turn into defensive specialists. Another case of the organization expecting too much too soon, some may say.

If you want to blame JaMarcus Russell for the Raiders being 1-4 and possible looking at 1-5, don't. If you want to blame JaMarcus Russell for the Raiders being in the bottom half of the AFC, try again...

"We're just around the corner, everything that we want is right there in front of us". That was coach Tom Cable's response to the media, in terms of his team's effort on the eve of their loss to the Denver Broncos...

Imagine for a second that you're a supervisor on the job and one of your employees fails to perform up to his potential.Now imagine yourself getting the boot for that employee's effort (or lack thereof)...

There's something to be said for moral victories.But until the NBA changes its rules, only real wins count in the standings—and the Chicago Bulls would do well to start picking up more of the latter...